Tree Hill Slayer

A/N: This is a cross over fic between Buffy and One Tree Hill. It takes place for Buffy right after she kills Angel. This is kind of like what Buffy could have done instead of lived in L.A. And it takes place at the end of Season 1 for One Tree Hill. ALSO. This is cowritten with Buffy1987. She wrote the uneven chapters, and I (Rachby) wrote the even chapters.

Chapter 1

After the fight with Angel, who had gotten back his soul just when she was about to stab him, and the fight with her mom, Buffy decided to leave Sunnydale.

She decided that the whole Slayer gig was too much for her. One thing is to kill bad guys, and the other is to kill a man you love more than anything. No one should have to do that.

Thinking about her mom's last words hurt her too, but Buffy knew that she didn't really mean that. Anyway, she just needed some space and time... She was sick of being the Slayer, she just wanted to find the real Buffy again.

Staying in Sunnydale would make it impossible... it was way too Hellmouthy for chill time.

Buffy hopped in a bus and wondered where she should go. The bus had a TV and Buffy didn't really wanna think too much, she was sick and tired of thinking and crying... so she listened to the news.

"Welcome to Tree Hill, a small town in North Carolina, the home of The Ravens, a High School Basketball Team, coached by Whitey Durham, starring brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott, who are very likely gonna become big NBA stars someday! Tree Hill is not special just because of its talented basketball team, it's got so much more to offer! We guarantee once you visit, you'll never want to leave!"

Hmmm... interesting.-Buffy thought and decided to give it a shot. Her first idea was to go to Los Angeles, but when she thought better, she realized it was too close to Sunnydale, and her father lived there... and Buffy really didn't wanna be found.

Tree Hill, on the other hand, was on the other side of the country... no one would ever think of looking for her there... Buffy thought they'd think of Belgium before Tree Hill... hell, she never heard of it before... the problem was she'd have to go by plane. And plane tickets were expensive. All Buffy had in her pocket at that moment was fifty bucks and she just hoped she'd find a job really really fast.

Slaying was a full time job, and a hell of a job... literally, but there was no paycheck. Buffy thought it was the most unfair thing ever. She felt like a slave, and no one would ever know about her sacrifice because of the whole secret sacred duty thing.

'Damn sacred duty!'-Buffy thought and got out of the bus in L.A.

Now it was time to be bad. 'I earned the right to be a little naughty. I died and I killed the love of my life.'-Buffy looked around herself carefully, trying to decide what exactly to do.

'Oh my god, I'm thinking about stealing money. I did steal a few things at Macy's, but hey... this is a whole new level of badness... I don't think I can do it! I have to, though. I have no choice!'-Buffy was so ashamed of herself, she just looked at the floor and kept walking, not knowing where she was heading or who she'd steal from. She didn't want to take money from anyone, definitely not from someone old or disabled or something like that.

After all, Buffy had morals.

She walked. lost in thoughts and bumped into a guy. She mumbled 'sorry' and wanted to carry on walking, but the guy she bumped into pulled her arm and said:

"Young lady, watch where you're walking... You might bump into someone who'd happily punch you in the face."

"I can take care of myself."-Buffy said coldly, and angrily looked at his hand that was still on her arm.

The guy moved his hand, and said: "Whoa, sorry, I didn't mean to... Look, I'm just trying to warn you about bad people in this town. There's so much sin and dirt, you wouldn't believe... Anyway, I'm Ken... I have a shelter-Family Home, if you wanna visit sometimes."

Buffy wondered if she looked so crappy that the guy thought she might need a shelter... but then she saw him take out his wallet... and among the Family Home flyers there was a really big pile of cash. It was her chance... and the guy sure looked like a creep. She didn't like the way he looked at her... like she was some kind of a nummy treat, not a person.

So, she found an excuse, and she punched him hard in the face, thinking just about snatching his loaded wallet... what she didn't expect was to keep half of his face on her hand.

"You're a demon! My spidey sense was right about you being bad! This is my lucky day!"-Buffy said and dragged a very confused looking demon to a tiny alley that was on her right side.

After a few seconds, Ken the yucky demon got to his senses and punched her back... That girl was just what he needed in Family Home.

"What are you?"-he growled at her.

"Oh, you don't know? I'm the Slayer, half-faced half-wit!"-Buffy said and thanked herself for always carrying sharp objects around. She figured a stake might not be enough to kill him, he punched her good a few times... so she quickly took a knife out of her boot and slammed it into his heart.

Buffy wiped demon goo off of her boots and took his wallet.

"Holy cow!"-Buffy couldn't help exclaiming when she counted the money. It was more than enough for a plane ticket and a motel. There was just one more thing she had to do first...

After visiting Ken's Family Home, which turned out to be a fuckin' scary place where humans were turned into slaves, and freeing poor people, she was all set to go...

Destination: Tree Hill... Goal: a chance for a new life...